Auna+Arola


 * SUMMARY: Auna Arola, age 31, died on October 17, 1927 after a criminal abortion in Chicago. underwent a criminal abortion in Chicago. Dr. Vincent Tonavena was arrested for her death.**

On October 5, 1927, 31-year-old Auna Arola underwent a criminal abortion in Chicago. She died on October 17.

On October 29, Dr. Vincent Tonavena was arrested. He was indicted for felony murder on November 1.

Auna's abortion was typical of illegal abortions in that it was [|performed by a physician].

Keep in mind that things that things we take for granted, like antibiotics and blood banks, were still in the future. For more about abortion in this era, see [|Abortion in the 1920s].

For more on pre-legalization abortion, see [|The Bad Old Days of Abortion].

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 * [|Homicide in Chicago Interactive]

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